One of the six people murdered in the Ramot terror attack on Monday morning was identified as Reb Levi Yitzchak Pash, H’yd.

He was evacuated from the scene in critical condition, and the hospital later pronounced his death. 

Yeshivas Kol Torah, where the niftar worked for many years, issued a statement saying, “With deep sorrow and grief, Yeshivas Kol Torah Yeshiva announces the murder of its devoted staff member, Reb Levi Yitzchak Pash, H’yd, in the horrific shooting attack that took place this morning at the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem.

 “Reb Levi Yitzchak, H’yd, a resident of Tel Tzion and longtime maintenance worker at the yeshivah, was well-known and beloved among the talmidei yeshivah and residents of the neighborhood. Over the years, he became known as a man devoted to acts of chessed, generous with his money, and constantly immersed in Torah study. He dedicated his life to serving the public and supporting the talmidim of the yeshiva.”

Reb Pash, z’l, was on the way to Kol Torah and was standing at the bus stop with a Rosh Mesivta from the yeshivah when someone offered them a ride. He had already sat down in the car, but then someone who needed to get to the hospital for medical treatment asked for a ride. Reb Pash, z’l, willingly gave up his seat, left the car and was murdered minutes later.

His levaya will depart from Yeshivas Kol Torah in Bayit Vegan at 4:30 p.m.

Another victim was a newlywed avreich, Reb Yaakov Pinto, H’yd, 25, a resident of Jerusalem who got married only three months ago. He was born in Spain, and he is his parents’ only son. As a bochur, he moved to Israel to learn at Yeshivas Nehora, later transferring to Yeshivas Derech Emunah in Lod. He served as a madrich in Yeshivas Chedvas HaTorah in Jerusalem.

The levaya is scheduled to take place on Tuesday at Yeshivas Derech Emunah in Lod.

The third victim was a 31-year-old avreich, Reb Yisrael Mantzer, H’yd, of Jerusalem. He was born in Bnei Brak and as a bochur learned in Yeshivas Chevron. After his marriage to the daughter of HaRav Greineman, the menahel of the Taharos Kollel in the Ponvezher Beis Medrash, he began learning in the kollel of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Tzvi Rosenberg in the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem. 

He was killed al Kiddush Hashem on the way to kollel, leaving behind his wife, three children, parents and siblings.

A fourth victim was the chashuve avreich HaRav Dovid Yosef, H’yd, 43, a resident of Ramot, murdered al Kiddush Hashem with his sefarim in his hands while on the way to kollel.

The fifth victim was identified as Reb Mordechai Steintzag, H’yd, 79, a resident of Ramot who made aliyah from the U.S. decades ago and was the owner of the well-known Dr. Mark’s Bakery in Beit Shemesh.

A cardiologist by training, he made it his mission to spread the awareness of a healthy diet in Israel, of which there was little awareness at the time. The small home bakery he founded became a pioneer and leader in the field of healthy flours and breads and now has several branches, with the main one in Beit Shemesh.

His neighbors in Ramot Bet told B’Chadrei Chareidim that 10 years ago, he donated a Sefer Torah to the neighborhood shul. “He was a ba’al chessed who was always looking to help others. He was involved in the kehilla of avreichim in Ramot Bet, and it was important to him to support the shul of the Bnei Torah.”

The sixth victim was identified as Sora (Sarita) Mendelson, H’yd, a 60-year-old resident of the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood of Jerusalem.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)